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... , ' 95 SIR CHARLES DILKE , 115 · PRINCE BISMARCK , LORD SALISBURY , 131 151 MR . JOSEPH COWEN , 169 MR . BRIGHT , 191 LORD DERBY , 211 SIR WILLIAM HARCOURT , 235 MR . EDWARD JENKINS ,. 255 MR . CROSS , . 275 THE QUEEN . VOL . I. A 76 [ HER.
... , ' 95 SIR CHARLES DILKE , 115 · PRINCE BISMARCK , LORD SALISBURY , 131 151 MR . JOSEPH COWEN , 169 MR . BRIGHT , 191 LORD DERBY , 211 SIR WILLIAM HARCOURT , 235 MR . EDWARD JENKINS ,. 255 MR . CROSS , . 275 THE QUEEN . VOL . I. A 76 [ HER.
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... of principle , than of the powerful , illustrious , and success- ful Foreign Secretary , whom Lord Beacons- field counts as his foremost and most devoted follower . MR . JOSEPH COWEN . [ MR . JOSEPH COWEN 166 Politicians of To - day .
... of principle , than of the powerful , illustrious , and success- ful Foreign Secretary , whom Lord Beacons- field counts as his foremost and most devoted follower . MR . JOSEPH COWEN . [ MR . JOSEPH COWEN 166 Politicians of To - day .
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sir Thomas Wemyss Reid. MR . JOSEPH COWEN . [ MR . JOSEPH COWEN is the eldest son of MR JOSEPH COWEN,
sir Thomas Wemyss Reid. MR . JOSEPH COWEN . [ MR . JOSEPH COWEN is the eldest son of MR JOSEPH COWEN,
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sir Thomas Wemyss Reid. [ MR . JOSEPH COWEN is the eldest son of the late Sir Joseph Cowen , M.P. He was born at Blaydon , near Newcastle - on - Tyne , in 1831 ; and married Jane , daughter of the late Mr. John Thompson of Fatfield ...
sir Thomas Wemyss Reid. [ MR . JOSEPH COWEN is the eldest son of the late Sir Joseph Cowen , M.P. He was born at Blaydon , near Newcastle - on - Tyne , in 1831 ; and married Jane , daughter of the late Mr. John Thompson of Fatfield ...
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sir Thomas Wemyss Reid. MR . JOSEPH COWEN . IT is not , perhaps , unusual for a Member " of the House of Commons to become famous by reason of a single speech . From the days of Single - speech Hamilton ' down to our own there have , in ...
sir Thomas Wemyss Reid. MR . JOSEPH COWEN . IT is not , perhaps , unusual for a Member " of the House of Commons to become famous by reason of a single speech . From the days of Single - speech Hamilton ' down to our own there have , in ...
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